Tag: NextGen TV
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The Recap: A Possible Peacock-Paramount+ Marriage, Sports JV Drama, and More
A busy week was capped off by another shocking revelation: Paramount and Comcast discussing combining their respective streaming services, Paramount+ and Peacock. We also continued to see the ripple effects of last week’s announcement from Walt Disney’s ESPN, FOX, and Warner Bros. Discovery to form a streaming sports joint venture, with a lot more unhappy…
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A New ‘Unconnected’ ATSC 3.0 NextGen TV Tuner Is Now On the Market
A new NextGen TV Box is available for customers looking to upgrade their viewing experience to ATSC 3.0 without buying a new TV — and it’s the first that doesn’t need an internet connection. The new Zinwell NextGen TV Box standalone tuner from TV hardware company Channel Master lets users grab a NextGen TV feed…
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Scripps CEO on the Biggest Hidden Opportunity With ATSC 3.0 NextGen TV
For Scripps CEO Adam Symson, the introduction of higher quality video and audio with ATSC 3.0, also known as NextGen TV, is nice for the audience, but it isn’t what gets him excited about the technology. Symson believes that NextGen TV’s infrastructure, which is designed around transmitting IP data similar to any other wireless network,…
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Why the Super Bowl Marks A Critical Make-Or-Break Point For ATSC 3.0 NextGen TV
This year’s Super Bowl, scheduled for February 11, will make history as the first one played in Las Vegas. But the Big Game also marks a turning point for ATSC 3.0, a standard also referred to as NextGen TV, with the technology finally reaching three-quarters of the U.S. population. Not that three-quarters of the U.S.…
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NEXTGEN ATSC 3.0 TV Will Launch in Chicago in February On a New Station
NEXTGEN TV will launch on CBS 2 News Chicago in February, one of the first rollouts scheduled for 2024. The upgraded signal will launch on February 5, 2024, and is expected to provide free service to 3.6 million households. Viewers who use an antenna to watch TV must rescan their televisions after this date to…
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ATSC 3.0 NextGen TV Reaches 75% of U.S. Households
Pearl TV, a consortium of U.S. broadcasters transitioning to NextGen TV, and its network partners said it will present new features and devices at the CES 2024 in Las Vegas in January. Broadcasters have driven an 18% year-over-year growth in U.S. household access since its launch in 2020 and a spike of 22% in 2023…
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ATSC 3.0 NextGen TV, Could Also Make Radio Even Better
ATSC 3.0, the new global broadcasting standard primarily used to deliver over-the-air NextGen TV, could also power radio to reach more people. Liam Power, One Media’s senior systems engineer, and Skip Flenniken, Sinclair’s vice president of technology business development, break down in a TV Tech article how ATSC 3.0 could be used to enhance radio…
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Miami’s Major Networks Have All Moved to ATSC 3.0 NEXTGEN TV With Latest Upgrade
Miami broadcaster WPLG on Monday said it had upgraded to the new standard of over-the-air television, ATSC 3.0, bringing five channels to the next-generation technology. ATSC 3.0, also known as NEXTGEN TV has been slowly expanding across the country. WPLG is the fifth major station in Miami to adopt the standard after NBC affiliate WTVJ,…
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NextGen TV ATSC 3.0 OTA TV Will Come to Chicago in January
Chicago will be the next major market to get NextGen TV, which represents the next leap in over-the-air broadcast television. The city will roll out the standard, called ATSC 3.0, according to a spokesman for Pearl TV, the group of broadcasters organizing the nationwide upgrade effort. in January, although which station will perform the upgrade…
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Exclusive: New York’s WNET Turns on ATSC 3.0, With Nextgen TV Now Covering 70% of U.S. TV Viewers
New York is finally embracing nextgen TV, with WNET the first station in the market to turn on its ATSC 3.0 signal. WNET confirmed to Cord Cutters News that it had switched on the feed for ATSC 3.0, the latest standard for television airwave broadcasts that promises high picture and sound quality and the ability…